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critics on the progressive left, some of them, and libertarian right are taking issue with the obama administration drone policy. this is a family dispute in my house. polls show most americans support, even most liberals if you will, even when it means killing americans who are plotting with al qaeda to kill other americans. >>> plus, four senators, two democrats and two republicans, are really working on a deal to expand at least background checks for gun sales. two of the four senators are members of the nra. if they can strike a deal, then a big part of president obama's gun safety proposals could be within reach. >>> plus, the terrific movie "silver linings playbook" puts mental illness in the spotlight tonight. we're joined by the director of that film, the great david russell, to talk about the issue and the oscar history the movie could make. i think it's got a shot. >>> texas governor rick perry escalates that war with his california counterpart -- he's not even slightly a counterpart. jerry brown is so much better. that's coming in the "sideshow" tonight. and this is "hardb
critics on the progressive left, some of them, and libertarian right are taking issue with the obama administration drone policy. this is a family dispute in my house. polls show most americans support, even most liberals if you will, even when it means killing americans who are plotting with al qaeda to kill other americans. >>> plus, four senators, two democrats and two republicans, are really working on a deal to expand at least background checks for gun sales. two of the four...
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president obama on election night and in his inaugural address talked about the great sweep of american history on voting and how we shouldn't have people waiting seven hours in line to vote. he can put out some new and exciting ideas about what we can do to deal with long lines, early voting, modernizing registration that will be new from him. it would stir some controversy. but i think it would be the kind of thing that would make a speech like this a success. >> talk about your experience writing with president clinton. what was that like? >> each one of these speeches is a place where presidential personality and politics and policy all come together. and bill clinton, as you can imagine, loved this format. he loved the chance to talk. >> there you are. look at that. >> with now justice elena kagan, supreme court, who worked on the speeches. you can see she was a policy aide and a lawyer. but she was working on the state-of-the-union address because it's not just a speech. it's really a critical political and policy document. so president clinton would reserve weeks to try to focus
president obama on election night and in his inaugural address talked about the great sweep of american history on voting and how we shouldn't have people waiting seven hours in line to vote. he can put out some new and exciting ideas about what we can do to deal with long lines, early voting, modernizing registration that will be new from him. it would stir some controversy. but i think it would be the kind of thing that would make a speech like this a success. >> talk about your...
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critics on the progressive left, some of them, and libertarian right are taking issue with the obama administration drone policy. this is a family dispute in my house. polls show most americans support, even most liberals if you will, even when it means killing americans who are plotting with al qaeda to kill other americans. >>> plus, four senators, two democrats and two republicans, are really working on a deal to expand at least background checks for gun sales. two of the four senators are members of the nra. if they can strike a deal, then a big part of president obama's gun safety proposals could be within reach. >>> plus, the terrific movie "silver linings playbook" puts mental illness in the spotlight tonight. we're joined by the director of that film, the great david russell, to talk about the issue and the oscar history the movie could make. i think it's got a shot. >>> texas governor rick perry escalates that war with his california counterpart -- he's not even slightly a counterpart. jerry brown is so much better. that's coming in the "sideshow" tonight. and this is "hardb
critics on the progressive left, some of them, and libertarian right are taking issue with the obama administration drone policy. this is a family dispute in my house. polls show most americans support, even most liberals if you will, even when it means killing americans who are plotting with al qaeda to kill other americans. >>> plus, four senators, two democrats and two republicans, are really working on a deal to expand at least background checks for gun sales. two of the four...
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under the obama administration, why is it that african-americans are doing worse under his administration more than the, like i say, last, previous four administrations? thank you. >> guest: well, the unemployment among blacks is now 16-plus percent. and so, um, whites are doing marginally better. blacks are doing significantly worse. the question is how much of that do we ascribe to the president? of course, there are other market forces and factors, i suppose, but i think that's a good question to put to the president. i should say at the same time that nobody wants more than i do to see president obama succeed, succeed. it is very important to the black community. that he have a successful president, presidency. and i think to some extent that's why blacks have not been disposed to be harshly critical of him because of things we might think he should have done but has not done. i think the political space he operates in is very small on these kinds of issues, um, and i don't know if he is willing to push out that space to do more things, but i think it is a question he would have to an
under the obama administration, why is it that african-americans are doing worse under his administration more than the, like i say, last, previous four administrations? thank you. >> guest: well, the unemployment among blacks is now 16-plus percent. and so, um, whites are doing marginally better. blacks are doing significantly worse. the question is how much of that do we ascribe to the president? of course, there are other market forces and factors, i suppose, but i think that's a good...
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why can't president obama seem to get over the 50% hump with americans, you think? >> the committee is no good. it has not been good under his watch. >> it's still the economy. >> it's not going to get good soon. americans like him more than they like his policies. you know, he has more of a frie friendly element than a job approval rating. it's surprising that he won re-election so handily. given where the economy is. it's normal, and i don't really think it's going to get better. i think the gap between him and hillary is that anything will grow, second term presidents have a hard time being popular. >> and it's easier to be popular when you are not on the television every day and you are not in front of senate committees and not in the news. i understand, that it can be, based on previous folks, you sit is at home for a couple of years and your popularity surges. let's talk to -- i would love to go back to talk about what we were a second ago. but we do not have time. i want to talk about president obama capitalizing on his margin with women voters. 52% approval
why can't president obama seem to get over the 50% hump with americans, you think? >> the committee is no good. it has not been good under his watch. >> it's still the economy. >> it's not going to get good soon. americans like him more than they like his policies. you know, he has more of a frie friendly element than a job approval rating. it's surprising that he won re-election so handily. given where the economy is. it's normal, and i don't really think it's going to get...